Jasikevicius: “Impossible to love a team like Panathinaikos”

The Final 4 semifinal will be special for him Sarunas Yasikeviciusbecause from her bench Fenerbahce will be confronted with Panathinaikoswhom he adores.

“Although I grew up in Zalgiris, it is impossible to love any team more than Panathinaikos. I spend my summers in Greece, my wife is Greek and my children are half Greek. Every time I face Panathinaikos is a special emotional situation for me and it will be the same in the Final 4, but I have to focus on my work and put the emotion aside to get the trophy“, the Lithuanian coach said at today’s media day.

At the same time, he joked about the qualification to the Final 4 that came at the hands of Kalathis. “I tell my friends I’m a successful coach because Calathes made two 3-pointers“, he said.

As for next Friday’s semi-final? “The opponent doesn’t matter, we always prepare the same way. We know Ergin Ataman well, we have faced him many times, but here it will be a game of Fenerbahce against Panathinaikos. Our goal is to prepare our players to be in the best condition and see how the opponent can damage us, but also how we can damage them“, he emphasized.